Firearm used to kill three people in Montreal was illegally acquired police say

Quebec police say the gun used to kill three people in the Montreal area this week was acquired illegally.

BACKGROUND: 24-hour killing spree ends with Montreal police shooting 26-year-old murder suspect dead

Provincial police spokeswoman Genevieve Gagnon says 26-year-old Abdulla Shaikh, who is suspected of killing the three men at random, did not have a firearms license.

But she says police still don’t know how he obtained a gun.

Alleged suspect in Montreal fatal shootings was deemed dangerous

"The big question we ask ourselves is how come he somehow escaped the system," says criminologist Maria Mourani, on the alleged suspect in the three fatal shootings in Montreal, who was previously deemed dangerous. Alyssia Rubertucci reports.

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Shaikh was killed by Montreal police Thursday morning, he is suspected of killing three men within a period of about 24 hours.

Quebec’s mental health review board ruled in March that Shaikh, who was under the supervision of a mental health hospital after being found not criminally responsible in a November 2018 mischief case, posed a “significant risk” to public safety, but allowed him to continue living in the community.

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